Exhibit (10)(d)(1)

                                    AMENDMENT

                         THE WEST COMPANY, INCORPORATED

                            LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN


West  Pharmaceutical  Services,  Inc. hereby amends its Long-Term Incentive Plan
("LTIP") as set forth below:

          The third, fourth and fifth sentences of Section 7(d) of the LTIP are
          deleted and replaced with the following:

                    "The existence and date of retirement shall be determined by
                    the Committee in its sole discretion. In the event that an
                    optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company due to
                    retirement, the optionee shall have the right to exercise
                    the option during the balance of the term to the extent that
                    the option was exercisable at the date of retirement;
                    provided, however, that if the optionees dies following
                    retirement, the option may be exercised until the earlier of
                    the end of such term or the one-year anniversary of the date
                    of death."

To record the adoption of this Amendment to the LTIP, West Pharmaceutical
Services, Inc. has caused its authorized officers to affix its name and seal as
of the 30th day of October, 2001.

[corporate seal]                             WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.




Attest: /s/ J. R. Gailey                     By: /s/ George R. Bennyhoff
          John R. Gailey III, Secretary              George R. Bennyhoff
                                                     Senior Vice President,
                                                     Human Resources